Etymology

annoyable

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Today it means: Capable of being annoyed. Full definition →

English annoy ← Middle English anoyen ← Old French enoiier
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  6. Proto-Italic*odjom
  7. Latinodium
  8. Late Latininodiāre
  9. Old Frenchenoiier
  10. Middle Englishanoyen
  11. Englishannoy
  12. English todayannoyable

From annoy + -able.

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